Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 16:12:04 +0100 From: John <freebsd-root@i-zone.demon.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: ftp to my freebsdcd-rom on a windoze box from laptop - how Message-ID: <sFwOAFAEfQI1EwI5@i-zone.demon.co.uk>
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Hello people (background: freebsd cd, cdplayer on win95 box, one parallel<>parallel cable, trying to install via the cable onto the laptop, so far installed bin by copying onto floppy) I installed the bin installation "the hard way" so at least I've got a system of sorts. The object of the game now is to complete the installation via ftp. Someone here kindly suggested that I grab some ftpd software off tucows, so I installed it and symlinked the cd off 'users'(the ftpd software is called 'vermillion' FWIW). I can ftp from the win95 box to 127.0.0.1 and I can see the cd, via anonymous ftp (now via stand/sysinstall on laptop) The laptop is hooked into the win95 box via parallel<>parallel port. I am attempting to use plip. I select the installation media as ftp, the stuff I want to install etc. It then asks me what site I want to download from. I enter the URL selection. I type ftp://158.152.227.78/ (this is my ip address. I am not permanently connected to the internet). It then asks me if I want to review my network settings, I say yes, and get to the network settings panel. And here I am stuck. No matter what I enter here, I get either 'no route to host' or 'couldn't connect to 158.152.227.78 errcode=65' . If I type in i-zone.demon.co.uk as the url, of course I get host not found. Am I trying to subnet here, if so should I do anything with the subnet mask, and is the naming convention arbritrary? Is there a faq on this? Thanks John - <freebsd-root@i-zone.demon.co.uk> Woo-hoo?! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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